Job Description

The role of the Bank's Property department through its Infrastructure Engineering team, is to maintain, enhance and support the occupied building environment, and to provide excellent engineering services for all Bank staff. In addition to maintaining and supporting the Bank's primary business function.

Job description - Maintenance Technician x2

The scope of services to be provided by the engineering Technician are as follows but are not exhaustive.


Responsible for the delivery of planned, preventative tasks working within our Intelligent Work Management System (IWMS). Responsible for supporting reactive maintenance tasks allocated via the IWMS. Update both planned and reactive maintenance tasks within the IWMS system. Undertake daily & periodic building system & equipment checks to maintain installed systems operational 24/7/365. Attend to engineering faults and failures to set priority response and fix times, assuring safe working environments and maintaining business operations with minimal down time experienced. Undertake routine maintenance tasks across critical; essential and non-essentials building systems and assets across HVAC; electrical; public health; fire and all other building engineering systems. Deliver a proactive approach to engineering maintenance seeking to bring innovation and ideas to the attention of management. Undertake statutory testing across life safety systems, critical assets and other building systems as directed via the IWMS system. Across office and engineering environments, undertake measurements and surveys as directed. Support statutory testing of all Life Safety systems across the portfolio. Support specialist OEM contractors undertaking system and asset periodic maintenance, reactive and emergency call-out tasks. Provide data & information to facilitate the Shift Leader to produce their daily shift hand-over log and report. Participate as an Authorised Person (LV) - Electrical and/or Mechanical to support the 24/7 operations of the Bank while working within the banks SSoW. Complete all allocated annual training and performance objectives. Act as a Health & Safety ambassador across all areas of the properties engaged in delivering your role and to support the safe working environment of others. Ensure all assigned work is completed in accordance with agreed methods, risk assessments, SLAs and customer service standards. Contribute to encouraging embedding a strong team working and continuous improvement environment. Participate in the weekly On-Call technical support rota to support incident response across the site. We envisage that we will go onto a double shift pattern on Q4 of this year As directed conduct incident management and recovery exercises across engineering systems.

Role Requirements:

Minimum Criteria


Minimum City & Guilds Level 3 (or transferable) within a relevant engineering subject Experience operating and maintaining of HVAC; BMS; Electrical; Public Health and Life Safety Systems
Essential Criteria


Knowledge of statutory and compliance obligations relevant to engineering systems. Ability to absorb and follow prescribed Standard and Emergency Operating Procedures (SOP's & EOP's Ability to read and understand complicated mechanical, electrical, control and public health drawings. Excellent communicator both verbal and written form. Ability to make judgments based on evaluating information against defined procedures, contributing to decision-making and continuous improvement. Ability to receive and convey regular information, including sharing and reporting information.
Desirable Criteria


IOSH Operating Safely qualification Demonstrable Authorised Person experience at LV or Mechanical AP system operation. Experience of operating with a defined Safe Systems of Work (SSoW).

Our Approach to Inclusion

The Bank values diversity, equity and inclusion. We play a key role in maintaining monetary and financial stability, and to do that effectively, we believe we need a workforce that reflects the society we serve.



At the Bank of England, we want all colleagues to feel valued and respected, so we're working hard to build an inclusive culture which supports people from all backgrounds and communities to be at their best at work. We celebrate all forms of diversity, including (but not limited to) age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status. We believe that it's by drawing on different perspectives and experiences that we'll continue to make the best decisions for the public.



We welcome applications from individuals who work flexibly, including job shares and part time working patterns. We've also partnered with external organisations to support us in making adjustments for candidates and employees in the recruitment process where they're needed.



For most roles where work can be carried out at home, we aim for colleagues to spend half of their time in the office, with a minimum of 40% per month. Subject to that minimum requirement, individuals and managers should work together to find what works best for them, their team and stakeholders.



Finally, we're proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme . If you wish to apply under this scheme, you should check the box in the 'Candidate Personal Information' under the 'Disability Confident Scheme' section of the application.

Salary and Benefits Information

The base salary for this role is 32,500.
In addition, we also offer a comprehensive benefits package as detailed below:
Currently a non-contributory, career average pension giving you a guaranteed retirement benefit of 1/80th of your annual salary for every year worked. There is the option to increase your pension (to 1/65th) or decrease (to 1/105th) in exchange for salary through our flexible benefits programme each year. The Bank has the discretion to vary standard accrual rates and dial up and dial down rates at any time and to withdraw dial up and dial down options at any time. A discretionary performance award based on a current award pool. An 8% benefits allowance with the option to take as salary or purchase a wide range of flexible benefits. 26 days' annual leave with option to buy up to 12 additional days through flexible benefits. Private medical insurance and income protection.

National Security Vetting Process

Employment in this role will be subject to the National Security Vetting clearance process (and typically can take between 6 to 12 weeks post offer) and the passing of additional Bank security checks in accordance with the Bank policy. Further information regarding the vetting and security clearance requirements for the role will be provided to the successful applicant, and information about how the Bank processes personal data for these purposes, is set out in the Bank's Privacy Notice .



The Bank of England welcomes applications from all candidates, but as a UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approved sponsor, we have a responsibility to comply with the Immigration Rules and guidance. As such, our ability to employ individuals who require sponsorship for immigration purposes is limited. The Bank cannot guarantee that you and / or the role you are applying for will be eligible for sponsorship and that any application made to UKVI will be successful. Eligibility will therefore be considered on a case by case basis.


Finally, we're proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme . If you wish to apply under this scheme, you should check the box in the 'Candidate Personal Information' under the 'Disability Confident Scheme' section of the application.

The Application Process

Important: Please ensure that you complete the 'work history' section and answer ALL the application questions fully.

All candidate applications are anonymised to ensure that our hiring managers will not be able to see your personal information, including your CV, when reviewing your application details at the screening stage. It's therefore really important that you fill out the work history and application form questions, as your answers will form a critical part of the initial selection process.

The assessment process will comprise of two interview stages. (Amend and add brief details if relevant, such as interview/assessment dates or process for your specific role)

This role closes on 9 June 2025

Please apply online, ensuring that you complete your work history and answer ALL the application questions fully and in detail as your application will not be considered if all mandatory questions are not fully completed.